New paper: Life and death of sheep and deer at the Ness of Brodgar
Professor Ingrid Mainland and Nick Card are among the authors of a new paper on the faunal remains from the Ness of Brodgar.
Category: Post-excavation
Join Holly for an evening of shells…
The role of shellfish in the Iron Age will be among the subjects covered in a Stromness Museum talk by PhD candidate Holly Young next Thursday.
Video : domestic mammal biometry in the North Atlantic region
The recording of October 2022’s monthly UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, featuring Dr Julia Cussans, who outlines her PhD research into size and shape changes in domestic mammal bones in the North Atlantic region.
‘Burning issues’ – funded MRes studentship available looking at Ness of Brodgar burnt animal bone
The UHI Archaeology Institute has a funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentship available, looking at the burnt bone assemblages from the Ness of Brodgar Neolithic complex.
Isotope analysis reveals an atypical Iron Age diet for The Cairn’s ‘elder’
Analysis of a woman’s jawbone deposited outside an Iron Age broch around AD200 has shown that seafood was major part of her diet throughout her life.
Council’s archaeology fund open for Orkney project applications
Orkney Islands Council’s annual archaeological grant has re-opened for applications, with a deadline of November 30, 2022.
Runner-up spot for UHI seaweed-consumption research poster
At the UK Archaeological Science conference in Aberdeen, Dr Magdalena Blanz and colleagues won the runner-up poster prize for early career researchers.
The significance of the ‘miniscule’ blue beads from Swartigill
Recent post-excavation work, processing soil samples excavated from Swartigill, has revealed several beautiful and tiny pieces of Iron Age jewellery. Not one, not two, but three blue glass beads!
Unravelling the story of an Iron Age site – a Swartigill post-excavation update
With winter upon us, the focus of the Swartigill project has turned towards post-excavation. This is a good opportunity for a recap of what we know about the site as it stands.
Council’s archaeology fund re-opens for Orkney project applications
Orkney Islands Council’s annual archaeological grant has re-opened for applications, with a deadline of November 30, 2021.
Radiocarbon dates shed light on life and death in the Iron Age
Analysis of the human jawbone deposited outside The Cairns broch has given new insights into the formal closure of the monumental structure at the end of its life.